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Royal and Greenbriar Canyons
Neighborhood News A Newsletter for the Residents of Royal & Greenbriar Canyons
Royal Canyon Property Owners AssociationP.O. Box 9082Glendale, CA 91226-0082rcpoa.net
PRSRT STDU.S. POSTAGE
PAIDPASADENA, CAPERMIT NO. 131
Aug
ust
2016
President's Message
UPCOMING CALENDAR OF EVENTSSUMMER PARTY & SOCIAL
Casino NightSunday, Sept. 11th - 5:30 PM
1524 Majestic WayHome of Brad & Valerie NelsonIn this Issue:
President's Message p. 1
RCPOA Picnic Photos p. 2
Real Estate Chart &Market Report p. 3
Neighborhood Watch & Crime PreventionMeeting pp. 4&5 National Night OutPhotos p. 6 Summer SocialDetails p. 7
I can’t believe it’s almost time for our Annual RCPOA Summer Social! Mark your calendars for Sunday, Sep-tember 11th. If you’re notyet a member, you still have time to join and RSVP to this event. We’re completely changing it up again this year with a casino night! We’ll have an outdoor catered dinner with international buffet stations as you dine around a remodeled pool at a fabulous 1940s Hollywood Regency style home. Guests will dine from 6pm to 9pm be-tween playing craps, black-jack or roulette inside a large pool house at the venue. The idea is for members to move about, socialize and have a unique fun experience rather than sitting at one table for dinner. An outside profes-sional gambling company has been hired who will teach guests how to play, mak-ing it easy and fun. And the gaming chips are included!
We will also have a 50/50 raffle at $5 per ticket. Cork-age fee for guests who bring their own wine is only $5. Guests cash in their chips for raffle tickets. At 9:00 pm, we will raffle off prizes, including a flat screen TV and a catered dinner for 8 in your home!
Cheryl Frees-YvegaPresident, RCPOA
June was a very busy month for our neighbors. We had a spike in home bur-glaries and thankfully theGlendale Police Departmentarrested the culprits. The Police were very responsiveto our request for aNeighborhood Watch and Crime Prevention meet-ing, which happened in late June and we had almost100 attendees show up for that very informative meeting. Look for a recapof that meeting in thisnewsletter.
Meanwhile, that prompted us to revamp our neighbor-hood watch program. A few years back, we encouraged people to join Nextdoor.com as a way for neighbors to communicate any neighbor-hood watch issues, as well as lost pets or referrals for neighborhood services. We realized that in this digital age, if we could get people on Nextdoor.com, or on our mailing list for Neighborhood Watch Alerts, we could in-form most of our neighbors about current crime trends. If you are not on Nextdoor.com, or on the RCPOA email distribution list, we urge you to sign up for one or both. To sign up for our email alerts, contact [email protected] .
Finally, during our National Night Out on August 2nd, besides meeting our neighbors, enjoying the food trucks, fire trucks and kids' activities, we raffled off a Ring doorbell and a home security sys-tem. We also had a few things for sale, such as “beware of dog” signs and other home security items.
On a side note, it has come to our attention that some of the RCPOA email addresses haven’t been working – so if you tried to respond to a crime alert email, or tried to email us about getting on our email list for crime alerts and received an error message, that should be fixed now. Please know that you can always email medirect at [email protected], should there ever be a problem with the RCPOA email addresses.
President Cheryl Frees-Yvega& Glendale P.D. Officers
at Neighborhood Watch Meeting
Membership App. & Reservation for Summer Party & SocialYes, I (we) would like to attend the Summer Party & Social (or just join for $25).
PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY
Name(s) ___________________________________________________
Address ___________________________________________________
Enclose this form & check for [No. of people] x $30 = ________________
Limited to RCPOA members and their guests. Not a member?Join now for $25 per household. Includes the rest of 2016 and all of 2017.
By Friday, Sept. 2nd, Return check & this form to: Royal Canyon Property Owners Association P.O. Box 9082 Glendale, CA 91226-0082
Questions? Call Leanne Reynolds (818) 244-9766
Page 2 Page 7Neighborhood News
RCPOA Family Picnic - Cowboy Style
Page 6 Page 3
Meet Wendy Myers, VP and Membership Chair of RCPOA(She might be knocking on your door tomorrow.)
For the last couple of months, I have had the pleasure to meet and visit with many neighbors to encourage membership renewal and to welcome newcom-ers to our neighborhood. Thank you to all of you for your friendly greetings and for renewing your membership or becoming new members. Your membership support helps to give us a strong voice in the community and helps enable our many activities to continue. I hope we’ll see you at our upcoming events. If you are not a member or haven’t renewed your membership for 2016, please complete and mail in the application on the last page of this newsletter or apply through our website at rcpoa.net.
Neighborhood News
National Night Out — Meeting Old Friends & Making New Ones Summer Home Sales Hot as the WeatherBy Leanne Reynolds
During the past four months, home sales in the RCPOA area of homes continued to mirror the nationwide trend ― a continued low inventory of homes for sale creating higher prices for sold homes. As of August 1, there are only two homes for sale in our neighborhood. Since our last newsletter of April 12, four homes are in escrow and another four homes sold. The most active sellers are relocating Baby Boomers as they enter retirement and older residents leaving their long-term home. Generation Y are becoming first-time home buyers making their shift from renting. The impact of rising interest rates and the outcome of our Presidential election are just two factors which have the power to alter our current sellers market in Glendale and across the country.
Help Beautify the Entrance to Our Neighborhood As many of you have noticed, the triangle island between Royal & Mountain went through quite the change. The RCPOA has asked the City if there was a possibility of gaining temporary stewardship of that triangle, so that we can plant there to make it beautiful again. It seems this may be a possibility. If you are interested in being part of a beautification committee that can plant at that triangle and check on it from time-to-time, please contact: [email protected]. If we get enough volunteers interested, we may pursue this further. The city will continue to water that triangle so volunteers won’t need to.
Special thanks to the following for donations toward National Night Out: Vahe & Armine Hacopian, Bruce & Debbie Hinckley,Paul & Colleen Johnson, Paul & Silviya Karapetian, Richard & Carol Lee, Kym & Linda Murphy, Mike & Wendy Myers, Ross & Armine Perian, Joe & Beth Volpe, Glenn Webb & Lyn Foster, Nick & Cece Friesen.
It’s Fire Season.Remember to clear your brush!
Page 4 Page 5Neighborhood News
An Enjoyable and Informative Evening Neighborhood Watch & Crime Prevention Meeting On a lovely evening in late June, RCPOA hosted a Neighborhood Watch and Crime Prevention Meeting in a beautiful backyard on Majestic Way. Nearly 100 people attended. The discussion was led by four officers from the Glendale Police Department. Lt. Oscar Rodriguez, Officer James Colvin, Officer Ade Chung and Det. Shaun Carlson all volunteered to take part in our meeting -- on their day off. Here is a recap of some of the information they shared with us.
Over Father’s Day weekend, the City of Glendale experienced a series of residential burglaries with several of them happening while the residents were home and asleep. (A residential burglary into an occu-pied residence is called a “hot prowl”). On the Sunday of that weekend, just before midnight, the Glendale police received a call that a male was attempting to break into a home in the 1300 block of Orange Grove Avenue. The male was located and arrested after a short foot pursuit. He was identified as 20-year-old Jonathan Baquiran. He was found to be in possession of stolen property linked to several of the burglaries that had occurred over the weekend. Detectives determined that Baquiran had committed a majority of the recent burglaries, some in the Royal Canyon neighborhood. They also found that 20-year-old Zyryll Triunfo of Glendale had been working with Baquiran to commit the burglaries. Triunfo was also located and arrested.
Just over a week after Father’s Day, two masked and hooded men tied up a woman’s hands and robbed her of $70 in her home on the 2400 block of Flintridge Drive. They entered her home during the afternoon through a rear sliding glass door that was left ajar. No arrests have yet been made.
Recently there has been a rash of unlocked cars being rifled through in our neighborhood. Thingstaken have been of small value, such as change and a 12-pack of beer. At our recent Neighborhood Watch Meeting, the police pointed out that, if a car is unlocked and entered into, the offense is merely a“citable offense” and carries no jail time. However, if a car is locked and broken into (with the intent to
steal the vehicle or some property inside it), the offense is a misdemeanor or a felony and can result in jail time. Petty thieves avoid this. So LOCK YOUR CARS or KEEP THEM IN A LOCKED GARAGE!
Car Security: ˖“Lock it, Hide it, Keep it.” Secure your car and re-move all valuables every time you park. Tips for the Home: ˖ Install and use alarm systems. ˖ Have good night lighting around the home. Motion detector lights are highly recommended, especially for driveways, backyards, entryways, corners, decks/patios and pool areas. Light timers are also highly recommended. ˖ Keep exterior lights out of easy reach to prevent them from being unscrewed. ˖ Don’t keep a safe in your garage. ˖ Signs help. “Home Alarm,” “Beware of Dog,” etc. ˖ Have gates with locks to help prevent entry into backyards. ˖ Purchase window and slider hardware to make it more difficult to enter through a window. ˖ Maintain thorny plants beneath lower level windows to make approach difficult. ˖ Don’t “telegraph” behavior. (Don’t do the same thing at the same time each day.) ˖ Log all serialized property and photograph all valuable jewelry. ˖ Ask neighbors to watch for suspicious activity.
Police stressed that one of the things most helpful for them to solve crimes is the awareness of citizens and their reports to police. Their arrests of the “Hot Prowl Burglars” was the result of a call from a suspi-cious neighbor. They also solved another home inva-sion robbery (forcing a homeowner to open a garage safe) based on a tip from a suspicious neighbor. They advise us to trust our instincts and not to be shy about calling them. Also ... let neighbors know on Nextdoor.com.
When in doubt, call 911. Non-emergency number (which will also go to dispatch):
818-548-4911
Hot Prowl Burglars Arrested
Glendale Woman Tied Up in Home Invasion
Cars Rifled Through
Police Recommendations
How We Can Help Each Other
Page 4 Page 5Neighborhood News
An Enjoyable and Informative Evening Neighborhood Watch & Crime Prevention Meeting On a lovely evening in late June, RCPOA hosted a Neighborhood Watch and Crime Prevention Meeting in a beautiful backyard on Majestic Way. Nearly 100 people attended. The discussion was led by four officers from the Glendale Police Department. Lt. Oscar Rodriguez, Officer James Colvin, Officer Ade Chung and Det. Shaun Carlson all volunteered to take part in our meeting -- on their day off. Here is a recap of some of the information they shared with us.
Over Father’s Day weekend, the City of Glendale experienced a series of residential burglaries with several of them happening while the residents were home and asleep. (A residential burglary into an occu-pied residence is called a “hot prowl”). On the Sunday of that weekend, just before midnight, the Glendale police received a call that a male was attempting to break into a home in the 1300 block of Orange Grove Avenue. The male was located and arrested after a short foot pursuit. He was identified as 20-year-old Jonathan Baquiran. He was found to be in possession of stolen property linked to several of the burglaries that had occurred over the weekend. Detectives determined that Baquiran had committed a majority of the recent burglaries, some in the Royal Canyon neighborhood. They also found that 20-year-old Zyryll Triunfo of Glendale had been working with Baquiran to commit the burglaries. Triunfo was also located and arrested.
Just over a week after Father’s Day, two masked and hooded men tied up a woman’s hands and robbed her of $70 in her home on the 2400 block of Flintridge Drive. They entered her home during the afternoon through a rear sliding glass door that was left ajar. No arrests have yet been made.
Recently there has been a rash of unlocked cars being rifled through in our neighborhood. Thingstaken have been of small value, such as change and a 12-pack of beer. At our recent Neighborhood Watch Meeting, the police pointed out that, if a car is unlocked and entered into, the offense is merely a“citable offense” and carries no jail time. However, if a car is locked and broken into (with the intent to
steal the vehicle or some property inside it), the offense is a misdemeanor or a felony and can result in jail time. Petty thieves avoid this. So LOCK YOUR CARS or KEEP THEM IN A LOCKED GARAGE!
Car Security: ˖“Lock it, Hide it, Keep it.” Secure your car and re-move all valuables every time you park. Tips for the Home: ˖ Install and use alarm systems. ˖ Have good night lighting around the home. Motion detector lights are highly recommended, especially for driveways, backyards, entryways, corners, decks/patios and pool areas. Light timers are also highly recommended. ˖ Keep exterior lights out of easy reach to prevent them from being unscrewed. ˖ Don’t keep a safe in your garage. ˖ Signs help. “Home Alarm,” “Beware of Dog,” etc. ˖ Have gates with locks to help prevent entry into backyards. ˖ Purchase window and slider hardware to make it more difficult to enter through a window. ˖ Maintain thorny plants beneath lower level windows to make approach difficult. ˖ Don’t “telegraph” behavior. (Don’t do the same thing at the same time each day.) ˖ Log all serialized property and photograph all valuable jewelry. ˖ Ask neighbors to watch for suspicious activity.
Police stressed that one of the things most helpful for them to solve crimes is the awareness of citizens and their reports to police. Their arrests of the “Hot Prowl Burglars” was the result of a call from a suspi-cious neighbor. They also solved another home inva-sion robbery (forcing a homeowner to open a garage safe) based on a tip from a suspicious neighbor. They advise us to trust our instincts and not to be shy about calling them. Also ... let neighbors know on Nextdoor.com.
When in doubt, call 911. Non-emergency number (which will also go to dispatch):
818-548-4911
Hot Prowl Burglars Arrested
Glendale Woman Tied Up in Home Invasion
Cars Rifled Through
Police Recommendations
How We Can Help Each Other
Page 6 Page 3
Meet Wendy Myers, VP and Membership Chair of RCPOA(She might be knocking on your door tomorrow.)
For the last couple of months, I have had the pleasure to meet and visit with many neighbors to encourage membership renewal and to welcome newcom-ers to our neighborhood. Thank you to all of you for your friendly greetings and for renewing your membership or becoming new members. Your membership support helps to give us a strong voice in the community and helps enable our many activities to continue. I hope we’ll see you at our upcoming events. If you are not a member or haven’t renewed your membership for 2016, please complete and mail in the application on the last page of this newsletter or apply through our website at rcpoa.net.
Neighborhood News
National Night Out — Meeting Old Friends & Making New Ones Summer Home Sales Hot as the WeatherBy Leanne Reynolds
During the past four months, home sales in the RCPOA area of homes continued to mirror the nationwide trend ― a continued low inventory of homes for sale creating higher prices for sold homes. As of August 1, there are only two homes for sale in our neighborhood. Since our last newsletter of April 12, four homes are in escrow and another four homes sold. The most active sellers are relocating Baby Boomers as they enter retirement and older residents leaving their long-term home. Generation Y are becoming first-time home buyers making their shift from renting. The impact of rising interest rates and the outcome of our Presidential election are just two factors which have the power to alter our current sellers market in Glendale and across the country.
Help Beautify the Entrance to Our Neighborhood As many of you have noticed, the triangle island between Royal & Mountain went through quite the change. The RCPOA has asked the City if there was a possibility of gaining temporary stewardship of that triangle, so that we can plant there to make it beautiful again. It seems this may be a possibility. If you are interested in being part of a beautification committee that can plant at that triangle and check on it from time-to-time, please contact: [email protected]. If we get enough volunteers interested, we may pursue this further. The city will continue to water that triangle so volunteers won’t need to.
Special thanks to the following for donations toward National Night Out: Vahe & Armine Hacopian, Bruce & Debbie Hinckley,Paul & Colleen Johnson, Paul & Silviya Karapetian, Richard & Carol Lee, Kym & Linda Murphy, Mike & Wendy Myers, Ross & Armine Perian, Joe & Beth Volpe, Glenn Webb & Lyn Foster, Nick & Cece Friesen.
It’s Fire Season.Remember to clear your brush!
Page 2 Page 7Neighborhood News
RCPOA Family Picnic - Cowboy Style
Royal and Greenbriar Canyons
Neighborhood News A Newsletter for the Residents of Royal & Greenbriar Canyons
Royal Canyon Property Owners AssociationP.O. Box 9082Glendale, CA 91226-0082rcpoa.net
PRSRT STDU.S. POSTAGE
PAIDPASADENA, CAPERMIT NO. 131
Aug
ust
2016
President's Message
UPCOMING CALENDAR OF EVENTSSUMMER PARTY & SOCIAL
Casino NightSunday, Sept. 11th - 5:30 PM
1524 Majestic WayHome of Brad & Valerie NelsonIn this Issue:
President's Message p. 1
RCPOA Picnic Photos p. 2
Real Estate Chart &Market Report p. 3
Neighborhood Watch & Crime PreventionMeeting pp. 4&5 National Night OutPhotos p. 6 Summer SocialDetails p. 7
I can’t believe it’s almost time for our Annual RCPOA Summer Social! Mark your calendars for Sunday, Sep-tember 11th. If you’re notyet a member, you still have time to join and RSVP to this event. We’re completely changing it up again this year with a casino night! We’ll have an outdoor catered dinner with international buffet stations as you dine around a remodeled pool at a fabulous 1940s Hollywood Regency style home. Guests will dine from 6pm to 9pm be-tween playing craps, black-jack or roulette inside a large pool house at the venue. The idea is for members to move about, socialize and have a unique fun experience rather than sitting at one table for dinner. An outside profes-sional gambling company has been hired who will teach guests how to play, mak-ing it easy and fun. And the gaming chips are included!
We will also have a 50/50 raffle at $5 per ticket. Cork-age fee for guests who bring their own wine is only $5. Guests cash in their chips for raffle tickets. At 9:00 pm, we will raffle off prizes, including a flat screen TV and a catered dinner for 8 in your home!
Cheryl Frees-YvegaPresident, RCPOA
June was a very busy month for our neighbors. We had a spike in home bur-glaries and thankfully theGlendale Police Departmentarrested the culprits. The Police were very responsiveto our request for aNeighborhood Watch and Crime Prevention meet-ing, which happened in late June and we had almost100 attendees show up for that very informative meeting. Look for a recapof that meeting in thisnewsletter.
Meanwhile, that prompted us to revamp our neighbor-hood watch program. A few years back, we encouraged people to join Nextdoor.com as a way for neighbors to communicate any neighbor-hood watch issues, as well as lost pets or referrals for neighborhood services. We realized that in this digital age, if we could get people on Nextdoor.com, or on our mailing list for Neighborhood Watch Alerts, we could in-form most of our neighbors about current crime trends. If you are not on Nextdoor.com, or on the RCPOA email distribution list, we urge you to sign up for one or both. To sign up for our email alerts, contact [email protected] .
Finally, during our National Night Out on August 2nd, besides meeting our neighbors, enjoying the food trucks, fire trucks and kids' activities, we raffled off a Ring doorbell and a home security sys-tem. We also had a few things for sale, such as “beware of dog” signs and other home security items.
On a side note, it has come to our attention that some of the RCPOA email addresses haven’t been working – so if you tried to respond to a crime alert email, or tried to email us about getting on our email list for crime alerts and received an error message, that should be fixed now. Please know that you can always email medirect at [email protected], should there ever be a problem with the RCPOA email addresses.
President Cheryl Frees-Yvega& Glendale P.D. Officers
at Neighborhood Watch Meeting
Membership App. & Reservation for Summer Party & SocialYes, I (we) would like to attend the Summer Party & Social (or just join for $25).
PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY
Name(s) ___________________________________________________
Address ___________________________________________________
Enclose this form & check for [No. of people] x $30 = ________________
Limited to RCPOA members and their guests. Not a member?Join now for $25 per household. Includes the rest of 2016 and all of 2017.
By Friday, Sept. 2nd, Return check & this form to: Royal Canyon Property Owners Association P.O. Box 9082 Glendale, CA 91226-0082
Questions? Call Leanne Reynolds (818) 244-9766
